Crutch-tip.



E. H. SEIBERT.

, GRUTGH TIP.

APPLIGATION HLBDJULYS, 1909.

956,438. Patented Apr. 26, 1910.

v ATTOH/VE V5 EDWARD H. SEIBERT, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.A

CRUTCH-TIP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 26, 1910.

Application filed .Tuly 6, 1909. Serial No. 506,132.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD H. SEIBERT, a citizen of the United States,and resident of St. Louis, Missouri, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Crutch- Tips, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to an improved crutch tip and has for its object toprovide a tip for crutches provided with a resilient block, the blockbeing flexibly mounted upon a ferrule adapted to receive the end of thecrutch upon which the tip is employed.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a transverse vertical view in mid-sectionof the device embodying my invention in place upon the end of a crutch.Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the ferrule employed in my invention. Fig.3 is a top plan view of the reinforcing metallic member employed in myinvention. F ig. 4 is a side elevation of the eyelet member employed inmy invention. Fig. 5 is a top plan view of the resilient block employedin my invention.

As shown in the drawings, the device of my invention is adapted to beseated upon the end of the crutch 1. I provide a ferrule 2 which may bemade adjustable to fit crutches of various diameters by means of thevertical slots 3 in its main body portion. The ferrule is provided witha terminal convex face 4 and is secured in place upon the crutch 1 bymeans of the screws 13.

In the form of my invention illustrated in the drawings, I employ aneyelet member 5 consisting of an eye 6, a disk 7 and a pointed body 8.The convex terminal 4 is slotted as indicated by the numeral 9 to admitthe passage of the eye 6, the point 8 being driven into the end of thecrutch 1 to further secure the eyelet member 5 in place. The resilientblock 10 is provided with a cylindrical projection 14 upon its upperface, and a metallic reinforcing member 11 which is S-shaped in formhaving a curved projection 12 midway its length; thereinforcing member11 being embedded in said resilient block in the manner illustrated inFig. 1, so that the curved projection 12 extends into the cylindricalprojection 14. The cylindrical projection is provided with a slot 15 toreceive the eye 6, which eye 6 has flexible engagement with the curvedprojection 12.

By means of the device thus described, I provide a non-slippingattachment for crutches which is use, and by reason of the metallicreinforcement of the resilient block 10, is possessed of very excellentdurability and wearing properties.

Having thus fully described myinvention, what I claim as new and desireto have secured to me by the grant of Letters Patent, is:

1. In a crutch-tip, the combination yof a ferrule having a convex lowerterminal; an eye secured to the apex of said terminal; a resilientblock; a reinforcing metallic member embedded in said block; and meansfor flexibly securing said reinforcin metallic member to said eye,substantial y as described.

2. In a crutch-tip, the combination of a ferrule adjustablediametrically having a convex lower terminal and an adjustable verticalwall; a resilient block; metallic reinforcing means embedded in saidblock having a curved projection extending above the upper surface ofsaid block; and a liexible connecting means whereby said block issecured to the lower terminal of said ferrule, substantially asdescribed.

3. In a crutch-tip, a diametrically adjustable metallic ferrule adaptedto be mounted on the end of a crutch; a resilient block; a metallicreinforcing member embedded in said block, and a flexible connectingmeans interposed between said ferrule and said block, substantially asdescribed.

4. In a crutch-tip, the combination of a diametrically adjustablemetallic ferrule having a convex lower terminal; an eye secured to theapex of said terminal; a resilient block; a reinforcing metallic memberembedded in said block; and means for flexibly securing said reinforcingmetallic'niember to said eye, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specication, inpresence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDWARD H. sEIBEET.

Witnesses JAMES L. HOPKINS, WALTER C. STEIN.

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